Giving false testimony

Mongolia

Mongolia - Criminal Code 2002 (EN)

SPECIAL PART

TITLE NINE
CRIMES AGAINST ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER, ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE AND MALFEASANCE CRIMES

CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
CRIMES AGAINST THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE

Article 252. Intentional false reporting

252.1. Intentional false reporting on an individual about commission of a crime shall be punishable by a fine equal to 51 to 250 amounts of minimum salary, or by incarceration for a term of more than 3 to 6 months.

252.2. The same crime committed with lucrative or other private purposes, by falsification of evidence with the view of charging with a serious or grave crime shall be punishable by imprisonment for a term of up to 5 years.

SPECIAL PART

TITLE NINE
CRIMES AGAINST ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER, ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE AND MALFEASANCE CRIMES

CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
CRIMES AGAINST THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE

Article 254. False testimony

254.1. Intentional false testimony during the inquiry, investigation or court proceedings by a witness, victim, intentional false expert opinion by an expert witness, intentional false interpretation by an interpreter shall be punishable by a fine equal to 51 to 100 amounts of minimum salary, or imprisonment for a term of up to 2 years.

254.2. The same crime committed with lucrative or other private purposes, charging with a serious or grave crime, by falsification of evidence, false testimony, or it has caused grave harm shall be punishable by a fine equal to 101 to 250 amounts of minimum salary, or imprisonment for a term of 2 to 5 years.

Mongolia - Criminal Procedure Code 2001 (EN)

PART VIII
COURT ACTIVITIES

CHAPTER THIRTY THREE
JUDICIAL INVESTIGATION

Article 266. Hearing testimony of a witness

266.2. Before hearing testimony of the victim, the chair of judicial session shall ascertain the identity of the witness and his/her relationship with the defendant and the victim and shall explain his/her duties to give true and correct account of all known to him/her circumstances of the case and warn of responsibility for refusing or evading to give testimony or for giving deliberately false testimony, and a note to such effect shall be made in the record, which shall be certified by the signature of the witness.

Rome Statute

Article 70 Offences against the administration of justice

1. The Court shall have jurisdiction over the following offences against its administration of justice when committed intentionally:

(a) Giving false testimony when under an obligation pursuant to article 69, paragraph 1, to tell the truth;